Friday, June 24, 2011

Musings in Maine (Part 2) PUFFINS and other things!!



Let's put our heads together!








 
Puffin skipping on the water!


Grey and Harbor Seals!

Yesterday, Brandon and I got to go on an Atlantic Puffin Tour to Machias Seal Island off the Maine coast. We traveled 10 miles out to sea. The island we visited still has a manned lighthouse and a research station. We were able to spend a few hours in a blind where we were surrounded by Atlantic Puffins, Razorbill Auks, Common Murres, and Arctic Turns to name a few. Also, on the neighboring island we found Grey Seals and Harbor Seals. Seeing these sea birds in the wild is an enchanting and once in a lifetime opportunity. The weather was perfect and the birds put on a show! I might put up some more photos as I took over 600.


Photo by Brandon Robison

Photo by Brandon Robison

Brandon took a few too! :)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Musings in Maine (Part 1)

 Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge

 Lubec, Maine

  Lubec, Maine

  Lubec, Maine

  Lubec, Maine

 Quoddy State Park

 Quoddy State Park

 Quoddy State Park

 Quoddy State Park

  Quoddy State Park

 Quoddy State Park

 Quoddy State Park

 On Highway 1

 Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge

We drove all day to get to Baxter State Park here in Maine. We hiked Mt. Katahdin then headed out back south. On our way we have seen some really cool things. The pictures of the lighthouse are from Lubec, which is the most eastern part of the USA. We had a lot of fun hanging out on the beach and painting pictures.